Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sheafed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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52 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
sheafed	14	38	897	(None)
sheared	11	45	1601	1	sheared
sheaved	14	34	1163	1	sheaved
chafed	15	48	1391	2	ch_afed
cheated	13	44	1635	2	cheated
chefed	15	50	1056	2	che_fed
cheffed	19	33	586	2	cheffed
headed	11	40	2047	2	_headed
healed	10	51	2144	2	_healed
heaped	12	45	1690	2	_heaped
heated	10	45	2559	2	_heated
heaved	13	47	1786	2	_heaved
leafed	10	57	1387	2	_leafed
seabed	9	50	1769	2	s_eabed
sealed	7	43	2836	2	s_ealed
seamed	9	48	2388	2	s_eamed
seared	7	52	3284	2	s_eared
seated	7	51	3106	2	s_eated
selfed	10	3	1091	2	s_elfed
shaded	11	45	1887	2	sh_aded
shafted	14	28	881	2	sh_afted
shaled	10	50	2395	2	sh_aled
shamed	12	51	2021	2	sh_amed
shaped	12	50	2010	2	sh_aped
shared	10	58	2906	2	sh_ared
shaved	13	51	1838	2	sh_aved
shawed	13	48	1723	2	sh_awed
sheaf	11	54	2412	2	sheaf__
sheafs	12	49	1288	2	sheaf_s
shearer	10	44	1469	2	shearer
sheathed	15	4	722	2	sheathed
sheave	12	45	1400	2	sheave_
sheaves	13	44	1297	2	sheaves
shedded	13	41	906	2	shedded
sheened	11	35	1170	2	sheened
sheered	11	35	1546	2	sheered
sheeted	11	38	1304	2	sheeted
sheetfed	15	4	414	2	sheetfed
shelled	11	38	1509	2	shelled
shelved	14	37	993	2	shelved
shewed	13	47	1618	2	she_wed
shoaled	11	38	1097	2	shoaled
sleaved	11	36	1113	2	sleaved
smeared	10	45	1062	2	smeared
sneaked	12	32	969	2	sneaked
sneaped	10	33	881	2	sneaped
speaned	10	34	1152	2	speaned
speared	10	43	1442	2	speared
steaded	9	28	1167	2	steaded
steamed	10	37	1214	2	steamed
strafed	11	44	1333	2	strafed
sweated	11	34	1154	2	sweated

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	52	3.093	34811.2
3	Display Results	52	52	0.030	1733.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	52	3.499	51069.2